Link State Steering

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the network has a grid topology, and the plurality of network interfaces are interfaces pointing in positional directions.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the network is a satellite network, the first node is a satellite positioned in an orbit of the network, the first direction is within the orbit, and the second direction is between the orbit and an adjacent orbit of the network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of forwarding instructions includes an identifier for selectively enabling or suppressing the propagation of the link state information over each network interface.

11. The network node of claim 8, wherein the network has a grid topology, and the plurality of network interfaces are interfaces pointing in positional directions.

12. The network node of claim 11, wherein the network is a satellite network, the network node is a satellite positioned in an orbit of the network, the first direction is within the orbit, and the second direction is between the orbit and an adjacent orbit of the network.

14. The network node of claim 8, wherein the first set of forwarding instructions includes an identifier for selectively enabling or suppressing the propagation of the link state information over each network interface.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the network has a grid topology, and the plurality of network interfaces are interfaces pointing in positional directions.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the network is a satellite network, the first node is a satellite positioned in an orbit of the network, the first direction is within the orbit, and the second direction is between the orbit and an adjacent orbit of the network.